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He looks like KPI Minister, sounds like KPI Minister but is he KPI Minister?

In his first National Day message, the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak called on Malaysians to “repair the bridges and tear down the divisive walls” that exist among the races.

Najib blamed “opportunistic people” who had exploited the friction among the people to cause the bridges, which were painstakingly built by the nation’s founding fathers, to become shaky.

Najib has hit the crisis of nation-building in Malaysia on the head, except that he is still in denial as to the “opportunists” who have been most guilty of undermining nation-building efforts – when the culprits are to be found within the Barisan Nasional and not outside.

For instance, will Umno leaders particularly Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Umno President Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin be prepared to respond to Najib’s National Day call and apologise for erecting divisive walls and damaging bridges resulting in greater national divisions and heightened racial and religious polarization after the March 8 general elections last year and in particular in the five months of Najib premiership with its 1Malaysia slogan?

In the past five months, Muhyiddin has not come across as a Deputy Prime Minister for all Malaysians. Instead, the image he had built up is that he is only Deputy Prime Minister for UMNO and Barisan Nasional members and supporters – the most divisive personality in the Najib administration!

One outcome of the such opportunistic erection of walls and damaging of bridges particularly in the first five months of Najib’s premiership is the shocking, outrageous and unprecedented cow-head sacrilege two days before National Day last Friday enacted in the public in Shah Alam in the very presence of the police, who had hitherto acted with lightning speed against peaceful and unprovocative participants of candlelight vigils protesting against injustices!

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon said yesterday that Barisan Nasional leaders who uttered words or did anything that could be interpreted as not in line with the 1Malaysia concept by the people should make an apology.

Will anybody listen to Tsu Koon? Is Tsu Koon prepared to present a report to Cabinet listing out the Umno and Barisan Nasional leaders guilty of building walls, damaging bridges and raising greater racial and religious polarization and to ask them to make public apologies for violating Najib’s 1Malaysia motto?

May be it is unfair to pose such a question, when Tsu Koon had just suffered the ignominy of a public loss-of-face with another Minister appointed as KPI Minister – former MAS CEO Idris Jala.

Tsu Koon’s discomfiture can be described in Lingamite terms: “He looks like KPI Minister, he sounds like KPI Minister, but is he KPI Minister?”

59 Replies to “He looks like KPI Minister, sounds like KPI Minister but is he KPI Minister?”

  1. Tsu Koon had just suffered the ignominy of a public loss-of-face with another Minister appointed as KPI Minister – former MAS CEO Idris Jala.
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    It was reported in The Malaysian Insider that Tsu Koon was pleased to have Idris Jala as KPI assistant.

    A pathetic Tsu Koon was slow to read the sign of him being sidelined!

  2. In this instance, Najib believes Idris is the best man for the KPI job, apart from being the chief executive officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) that will drive the programme.

    “He is goal-oriented and has shown the ability to get results. Also, because Idris is not a politician, he will be able to ensure that KPIs for ministers are carried out without fear or favour,” a government source told The Malaysian Insider.
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    The Malaysian Insider said it all – Najib believes Idris is the BEST MAN for the KPI job.

    It makes one wonder what Tsu Koon’s position is in the KPI Evaluation Department – isn’t he become redundant?

  3. KTK should turn back and ask Najis who it was that burnt the bridges and erected these walls which are thicker and even harder to penetrate than the GREAT WALL OF CHINA! We now have in Malaysia a new Wonder of the World, THE GREAT INVISIBLE WALL OF MALAYSIA which divides the people, at least into BUMIPUTRA & NON-BUMIPUTRA!

  5. By appointing Idris Jala to the cabinet, Najib has cleverly achieved two objectives (killing two birds with one stone, sort of).
    Firstly, he is preparing himself for the coming Sarawak state election by pleasing the native Sarawakians with this appointment.
    Secondly, he leaves vacant one of the most lucrative CEO position to be filled by one of his (umno crony crapitalist) men. Afterall funds are running dry in Umno.
    MAS, get ready for the “plunder”!

  7. ///Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has made it clear he wants Selangor back in BN fold, arguing that “if you want to win it, you must do what is necessary///– Malaysiakini

    He did not say that he would do what is right, only necessary like he did in Perak. So MACC harassing Selangor PR politicians was what was necessary to make them change over, to save their lives, like the PKR kataks in Perak. Najib is transparent in telling the world that government institutions would be used to do what are necessary to make Selangor fall into BN fold. He admits to playing transparent game, but not necessarily clean and ethnical. PK is now warned.

  10. ///The Malaysian Insider said it all – Najib believes Idris is the BEST MAN for the KPI job.///–yhsiew

    KPI is key performance indicators. That is statistics to measure performance of government agencies. The Statistics Department is responsible for more areas of statistics, and by the importance Najib attaches to KPI the Chief Statistician of Malaysia should be appointed the second Prime Minister.

    KTK was the best, and that was why he was made a senator to be appointed Minister of KPI. His function is to provide definition and coverage on the statistics to be collected, by the departments and ministries concerned. He certainly has no power over the compliance by the ministries and departments on whose performance the statistics are meant to measure. Now Najib considers Idris is the bestER person for KPI. Do they together cover all the same ministries and departments, or they split the ministries and departments in two groups?

    It would have been a sinecure for one minister to take charge of KPI, and now we have two. Idris has been kicked upstairs, more for his vacancy at MAS than his capability at KPI. Indeed, he would not be able to change the performance the KPI measures, and EPU had the capability to doctor NEP statistics for the past four decades. KTK was there to make Gerakan looks like a BN component party. Soon Najib would preside over a Cabinet larger than AAB. But not to worry, the petrol price has just been raised, and the extra earnings can finance the two

  11. “repair the bridges and tear down the divisive walls” -Najib

    As long as the discrimination exist based on race and religion, then the divisive ‘BERLIN WALL’ will remain.

    It is UMNO themselves that built the divisive walls – so we should start with dissolving UMNO if we want to ‘demolish’ the divisive walls.

  12. IDRIS JALA would perform better if he is to be appointed as the CHIEF MINISTER of Sarawak -replacing the long overdue/’expired’ current Chief Minister of Sarawak of 35 years -Abdul Taib Mahmud!

    Idris Jala would face massive ‘resistance to change’ from Najib’s Cabinet same as what was faced by Zaid Ibrahim in Abdullah Badawi’s cabinet.

    Sarawak people would be happier if Idris Jala become the Chief Minister of Sarawak!

  13. DPM Muhyiddin is indeed the most divisive DPM we have ever had. He is racist, in its basest form.
    Did you realize HE DID NOT comment on the cow-head demonstration?
    If he did then I may have missed it. Sorry.

  14. Glad Najib know exactly why Malaysians are not united.
    Has he been sleeping for 25 years?’
    I just do not know how to describe his mentality …his sense of logic….with …’tear down the wall that divide”
    Love to read Mahathir’s comments.
    Otak tak centre.

  16. ///Najib blamed “opportunistic people” who had exploited the friction among the people to cause the bridges, which were painstakingly built by the nation’s founding fathers, to become shaky.///–Kit

    Ya, Najib should describe them as racial opportunists. Such persons are those who had to show that they were more Malays than Malays so that they could be accepted as one. They considered the definition under Article 160 provided them only the entry qualification but they had to be recognised as one through calling attention, such as writing surat layang against former Prime Minister. Unfortunately one such wall-builder became Prime Minister for 22 years. And he was busy destroying bridges after his term was over.

  17. I agreed with Ling Mazen “By appointing Idris Jala to the cabinet, Najib has cleverly achieved two objectives (killing two birds with one stone, sort of)…”

    Both Koh TK and Idris Jala are not suitable candidates for the post of a KPI Minister. This is not to look down on their abilities and capabilities. Koh TK was the Chief Minister of Penang and is the President of a political party while Idris Jala has many years of experiences in managing big corporation. They may be suitable for other jobs but definitely not as a KPI Minister.

    This is my frank assessment as an expert who have being trained internationally, taken the lead and managed the Quality Management and have direct involvement in KPIs in MNCs (some are world class standard) both in M’sia and overseas for many years.

    Also from my contact with a number of international head-hunters both local and overseas, their opinions are the same. To find a suitable candidate especially to take the lead/manage in KPIs; even successful CEO, CFO, Sales Directors, etc of big corporations are not suitable candidates because they won’t be able to do this kind job effectively. They don’t have any (not to say the world-class) knowledge and wide experiences in handling KPIs. They will be like novice learning for the first time, in this new and totally different kind of environment.

    Conclusion the PM has a cunning scheme with political reasons behind the appointments of two ministers in KPIs.

  20. Idris Jala claimed in Malaysiakini (Chinese version 7.23PM, 1 Sep 09) that he is only a chief executive under Tsu Koon and there is no such thing as a minister has to report to another minister. He added that there is only KPI minister.

  22. The joker Ibrahim Ali had submitted a memo to Krishamuddin on how to use the ISA to rein in anti- Umnoputras elements.

    Krishamuudin should be guilty of the police in- action in the cowhead affair as he is the minister incharge.

    What bridges ? These people are burning bridges and palatial walls and want to stay far away from others of different faithully.

  23. KTK is a nobody and a reject. Who cares about him. Not even UMNO people will care about him.

    If Najib was really serious about KPI he would have instead form a committee that includes opposition as well as independent members to monitor KPI of various ministries.

    Of course he can’t do that as government projects awarded through various ministries are the ‘lifeblood” of many of his own UMNO loyalists.

  24. It is a good idea. Datuk Idris Jala can do the job because he has helped MAS to earn financial profits. But he is actually there for a better reason which everyone knows. Financial profits do not mean people are doing their work properly. For example, MAS serving the Mat Sallehs better than serving own people. In this case, only the financial profit will show in the reports, not the attitude of the workers. So, how fair can that be ? Polish those financial reports and you might be fooled even further. How realistic is it for the 1.2 million government servants out there ? Sit down and read all the different reports coming from all the 1.2 million government servants. At the end of the day, you might even have to see the psychiatrist.

  26. Who cares about them KPI ministers
    Kay Poh Index, just another bluff cooked up by Umno
    Malaysians should just focus on what they want, just like the Japanese people
    Yukio Hatoyama said the electoral victory on 30.8.09 was not his party’s.
    “It is the result of the Japanese people asking themselves, what on earth are our politicians doing?”
    They asked and did something revoultionary about it
    They kicked out LDP and voted for DPJ

    So, are Malaysians asking questions about BN politicians?

  31. All this talk from the BN government don’t fool anyone.
    They are putting up all these cock and bull stories to look good.
    And they can talk all the cock they want.
    Just remember to give your vote to the PR when the time comes!

  33. YB

    Corretc! Corretc! Corretc! Lol.

    If KTK has an iota of self-respect or pride, he would have resigned last week!

    But then, the pachyderm dermatologically challenged won’t pass the test! Looks like he needs the salary, perks and expense account and will continue fleecing the Rakyat unless we forcibly throw him out! Ke, Ke, Ke!

    dpp
    We are all of 1 race, the Human Race

  35. Maybe now Koh Tsu Koon will have some spare time to meet residents of Tanjong Bungah & Batu Ferringhi to explain why he approved the hill slope development projects there which are endangering their lives and even threaten to shut down the only coastal road should a major landslide occur. Pls let Koh Tsu Koon know we are all waiting for him eagerly with rotten eggs.

  36. The Penang CM YAB Lim Guan Eng had issued a challenge to this Koh Tsu Koon to a debate on the current Kg. Buah Pala problem, how come no response yet Mr. Koh? The debate should be held at Penang International Sports Arena (PISA) or even at Han Chiang High School….

  38. If I were KTK I would say to myself: It’s time to retire from politics and step down as Gerakan chief.

    It’s no big deal anymore. Better to go enjoy life with family, go on a Caribbean holiday and come back to look after the garden.

    Leave the infighting to the others, be free from this dirty business.

  39. A good Merdeka Reward to raise petrol prices for all Malaysians and Muslims who celebrate Hari Raya – balik kampong syndrome !
    A real Bumpy Merdeka Day for look like KPI Minister must downgrade the 1Malaysia PM’s KPI for his Great Wall of UM-NO decision.

    I love to read this article from a super rich loyalist UMNO oily crony :-

    “Kami, kroni-kroni “UM”-NO berterima-kasih banyak terhadap wang politik Ketuanan Melayu yang memperjuangkan dan memperkayakan segelintir bangsawan elit Melayu sahaja dan mempermiskinkan majoriti bumiputra dan melayu miskin di Tanah Melayu. Segala petrol kiosk dan stesyen minyak dibolot oleh kroni-kroni UM-NO kami yang kaya raya pasal kuota-kuato 30% NEP disapu oleh segelintir kecil % kroni kroni Melayu politikus tamak dan korupsi. Semua kontrak-kontrak minyak kiosk dari kaum Cina telah di batalkan oleh kroni kroni kami atas dasar NEP-otism polisi untuk kekayaan kroni kroni dan keluarga politikus UM-NO, MCA , MIC dan komponen BN di Tanah Melayu.

    DSAI di gelar pengkhianat Melayu oleh DPM pulak sebab DSAI tolong orang Melayu miskin serta bercakap pasal Cina, Indian and Orang Asli rigts yang tak sedap didengar oleh kroni-kroni UM-NO kami. BN rampas Perak and kini Najib promise rampas Selangor pulak…DSAI diam saja !!

    Ribuan terima kasih kepada Ketuanan UMNO-BN yang menaikan “Harga Minyak” sebagai “Hadiah Merdeka” kepada semuar rakyat 1Malaysia dan “Hadiah Hari Raya” kepada semua rakyat beragama Islam di1Malaysia kini. Undi-lah UMNO-BN dulu, kini dan selama lama nya ! Hidup UMNO-BN ! ”

    Any comments from Uncle Lim and DAP readers.

  40. Koh Tsu Koon is a first class Malaysian Chinese b..Ls carrier to UMNO.
    He survived 18 years doing that as Penang CM…working like a parrot..doing everything what Mahathir told him to do.
    Look at 18 years of Penang under Gerakan and KTK leadership.
    A total failure should hang his head in shame…but now he is trying to teach Guan Eng too. He was exactly like Najib…a blue eye boy of Mahathir and anyone close to Mahathir like a son…go judge the character and his performances.
    KTK is trying to get into the limelight of politics by confronting Eng Guan.
    One of his close friend…Romerz Lim…with the blog “The Middle Road”….gave up his friendship…and support DAP now. He writes alot about KTK cunning and insincerity character.
    Like I said…the result speaks for itself.
    Penang….”The Pearl of the Orient” that attracted millions of tourists yearly…. became dirty…filthy…a city for thieves and con men….all under Koh Tsu Koon 18 years….making one afraid to be in Penang. The tourists there are arrange packaged tours..not free to go there like before.
    One needs to travel to Hadyai…and compare the 18 years…to see which city develop faster.
    For tat matter…just go to all parts of Malaysia,..and see how backward Penang became under Koh.
    Penang residents are no fools…nor Malaysians too.
    Koh lost in the 12th GE….the greatest signal given by Malaysians to Gerakan.
    He is back in the cabinet…because UMNO is famous to play double standards and Najib is playing God…raising some dead to live again.
    There is actually nothing to talk about this kuching kurap…Koh Tsu Koon that never help the Chinese at all.
    He is such a selfish man…how on earth he could last so many years in politics….is simply be a great “YES MAN” to UMNO.

  41. Now.. Najib said..”If you want to win you must do what is necessary”….an advise to UMNO ministers ..that he wants Selangor back…just like Perak.
    How did Perak became the present position…ding dong bell..State?
    First it must be c with one or two majority…from opposition. Then… pay millions ..until one or two cannot refuse to become UMNO frog.
    Is not Najib indirectly exposing UMNO needs to use money to buy opposition parliamentarians?
    Oil price went up…will lead to a chain reactions of many things ….higher prices to come.
    UMNO needs billions…before 13th GE.
    This is holy Ramadan month.
    Go judge how sincere Najib is.
    But to me…he is a nut…with seasons….high tide.. low tide..influencing his brain.

  45. To me the significance is that he has actually dig in ideologically on how he plan to move forward. Its quite clear he is not going to turn left again and is going to turn right. Its the first time he has actually led the charge against critics. He is now stepping into being a general rather than just send the troops to do his dirty job.

    Coupled with his call to take Selangor, he is set on the battle lines – divide and conquer. His strategy to just break up the opposition and then be the majority.

    The opposition got their job cut out for them to hold together against his machinery of divide and conquer….

  48. Why talk of KPI????

    We are all in SHIT – “Selfish Hideous Illegal Trap” even after a few decades of questionable general elections esp GE2004 and GE 2008.

    I have raised the rigged GE2004 and GE2008 in many avenues soon after the GEs, but the opposition parties are not prepared to pursue the cases.

    I had brought them to the High Court at KK, but the Judiciary with double standards just want to short cut everything by technical reasons when the facts of the rigged G. elections remain.

    So with through and through corruption and rigged GEs, what the illegal Govt – Fed and State want to talk of KPI?

    The parties involved with rigged GE should be barred from election and those racial based parties shuld be de-sregistered in conflict with the Fed Const.

    So it is timely to clear the mess as getting messier with Perak, Kedah and Selangor and even with Penang, an Interim Government for Good Governance (IGGG) be in place immediately for the good of all. Joshua Kong can helm helm IGGG.

    pw: pumps Corp

  50. Koh Tsu Koon said he will never be a backdoor Minister if he loses in Batu Kawan. That was 5th March 2008. He flipped and accepted a backdoor Minister appointment. Can you still trust a man like that? If I were him, I will just his bloody mouth shut! No, now he is asking his underlings useless Gerakan junior wannabes to bark and bite at Lim Guan Eng… ptui! Koh Tsu Koon, thats for you!

  51. The poiint is this, Najib is stepping up to be a general, leading the charge himself but he is not fit to be one. He really does not have the skills. He is a politician, not even a real administrator.

    So what happens with a general that has contradiction himself like this KPI. He probably is failing his initial KPI like reviewing the ISA. What happens when the troops start being demoralised. Its a question of how much is available to feed off the carcass. If the economy is doing well, then they have a chance to hold it together BUT a slowdown will break apart troops starting from the bottom and fringes…

    Only way Najib can stay is PR breaks apart. If they hold together through the next GE, Najib is done likely before that…

  53. Jaswant :“If someone has nothing to say but cast aspersion ….” limkamput @ Halim b. Abdullah
    Third party singular. So it should be ‘casts’ with an ’s’. Fasting has done that to you? I’m so, so sorry!

    MY ass, third party singular present tense. Can’t you see the word “has” there, unless you want me to use “casted”, you moron. Let’s face it, a third grader who can’t get into a local uni in the early 1970 has no match with me, ok. learn to accept reality. I am so sorry too you are stupid. It is not your fault that you are moron.

  54. “Tsu Koon’s discomfiture can be described in Lingamite terms: “He looks like KPI Minister, he sounds like KPI Minister, but is he KPI Minister?” Kit

    Like always, if you look like a duck, walk like a duck, and have the brain of a duck what else could you be but ….??

  55. “Let’s face it, a third grader who can’t get into a local uni in the early 1970 has no match with me, ok” limkamput

    My services as an English teacher are offered pro bono.

    “has no match” should be “is no match”.

  57. My services as an English teacher are offered pro bono.

    It should be my service, not services, unless you loves asses very much. LOL louder. What have you got to say about “casts” you moron. You have no shame, of course i can expect from a mega hypocrite.

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